The Russellville Democrat., 1887-12-21
NEWS IN BRIEF,
Compiled from yarieus ssaress.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

tniteu states Minister tnetpS. SIT Ed-
 ward Thornton. formerly British Minister
 at Washington, presided
 IS his message to the French Chambers, ] President Carnot dwelIs upon the neces. sity of slow, cautious reforms, the danger of utopian projects, and the importance of setting aside all violence and uniting 1 Frenchmen in one patriotic movement
 The President concludes with the promise l that he will use every effort to show him. ! self worthy of the honor done him. ON the 14th Jesse Randolph, yardmaster of the Baltimore & Ohio road at Belaire O., in aAtendance on the United States Court tt Columbus, dropped dead from 1 gart disease, wbile engaged at game of lsllards.
 | NR. GLADSTONE has written letter in which he says the condition of Irelan has grown rapidly worse under the present 1 government.
 l ON the 18th Bob Caruthers, the St. l Louis Browns great pitcher, put his name 1 to a Brooklyn contract, and thus put to est the most interesting question which has been before the base ball public for the past few weeks. His salary is 5000. ON his return to Madagascar, General Willcughbv. until recently the Ambassa- dor of Madagascar in London. was con vieted of the embezzlement of El2,000 and sentenced to imprisonment for an indcfin- } ite period.
 l ON the 18th the funeral of Arch A boott l Boniface Wimmer took place at St. Vim cents Abbey WestmoreIand County, Pa. 1 ON account of the serious illness of Judge Sage's wife, the trial of Benj. Hopkins, late assistant cashier of the l Fidelity Bank of Cincinnati, has been laid over to the 20th.
 | ON the 18th tbe vote boiled in the munic- l ipaI election at Boston aggregated 51, ,4S7, I which is larger than any municipal 1 vote since 1SS3. Of this number O'Brien, Democrat, the present incumbent re- cetveS a6 ,e21. Hert, Republican and Inde- pendent, 24,SG6, the labor vote failing to niateria1ize
 1 ON the 14th Hon. James G. Blaine and | Levi P. Mortoa were received by the President of France. | IS published letter General Boulanger l says: France has greater need of gen. l erals than of Deputies" | A PROPER reduction of the tariff by | this Congress, says Congressman Mills, ! of Texas, would greatly improve the con dition of the country by next November. ON the 18th Henry $. Ives, of the de- funct banking firm of Henry $. Ives & Co.,, was arrested in New York on a warrant | issued on charge of grand larceny, made 1 by Julius Dexter, president of the Cincin- | uati, Hamilton 6 Dayton road. ANOTHER examination of the Crown 1 Prince's throat will shortly be made by l Dr. Mackenzie. The royal sufferer is worse. LITERARY, member of the Hungarian Parliament, who was wounded in q duel with his brother in law. is dead. faT. IA. master General of Canada, left Ottawa for Washington to couclude the negotia- tions for the establishment of parcel post system be tween the two countries. A LONDON Times cores pondent at Paris repeats the story that NJ. Grevy destroyed two of the Limozin letters, because his name appeared in them, and says the scandal case was dismissed to avoid m- plicating M. Grevy.
 Ar Duluth, Mnn., it is reported that E. l. Sawyer, secretary of the Duluth Roller mill, who is now in Washington Terri tory, got away with S5o,009 of the com pany's money. Sawyer was engaged to the daughter of one of the wealthiest citizens in St. Paul.
 ON the 10th Governor Bodley of Maine died at his home in Hallowell. S. s. Mar ble, president of the State Senate, will be his successor.
 ON the 10th Messrs Esmonde and O'Con- nor, the Irish envoys, paid their respects to President Cleveland. IT is said to be settled that neither Pfeirer nor Clarkson will play with the Chicago Base Ball Club next season.
 ON the 10th the first National Republic an Club convention opened at Chicker- ing Hall, New York.
 SIR CHARLES TUPPER is quoted as say ing members of the Fisheries Commission are hopeful of arriving at satisfactory conclusion.
 FOR the reduction of the expenses of collecting customs revenues a scheme, de. vised by Assistant Secretary Maynard is about to be given trial. VERY sensational charges are made by United Ireland to the effect that Mgr. Per sco's mission to Ireland is the result of bargain between the English Government and the Pope.
 TIE American Minister to China, Mir Denby, has written a letter to Secretary Bayard, saying that whatever concessions had been made to the Barker Mitk iewicz syndicate, have sinca been revoked by the Chinese Government.
 ON the night of the 18th Mir. Powderly,s condition was regarded as critical by
 
 other hemerrhage during the afternoon. Since his return to his home at Scranton he has slept very little, and he is very nervous and restless on that account
 ON the 10th the annual meeting of the New York State League of nti-Saloon Republicans convened. There was a good attendance, including representative men from all parts of the State. Sessions were continued two days, closing with mass meeting.
 THE new growth discovered in the throat of the Crown Prince of Germany is not of cancerous nature.
 ON the 18th duel in Paris between M. Edwards and M. Mayer journalists, re- suited in both being slightly wounded.
 A SILVER medal has been awarded by the Secretary of the Treasury to Henry II. Everett, of Chicago, for heroic services in rescuing drowning persons during the past few years.
 ON the 10th committee of citizens of Utah, headed by Delegate caine, waited on Speaker Carlisle and Senator Ingalls, and presented to them copies of the State Cons titution adopted at the last Utah convent ion. The Constitution makes polygamv and bigamy misdemeanor, nsh able by fine and imprisonment and also provides that this provision can not be changed without the consent of Congress.
 Ov the 18th Mr, N. M. Bell, superintend- ent of foreign mails. went to New York to meet Mfr. MaeLellen, Postmas ter-Gen- eral of Canada. for tho purpose of nego- tirting parcel post convention between the United States and Canada, similar to those recently put in operation between this country, Jamaica, Mexico and Der muda.
 CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
 ON the l4tn three thousand tons of coal were burned at the city water works in Montreal. Can.
 0s the night of the l1th the Winnipeg (Maml.l gas works were burned; loss S25, 000.
 OK the f4L Laelia North aged four